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SUSAN  S.  EYLER,  ADMINISTRATRIX. 


Letter  from  the  assistant  cleric  of  the  Court  of  Claims,  transmitting  a  copy 
K      of  findings  of  fact  in  the  case  of  Susan  S.  Eyler,  administratrix,  against 
The  United  States. 

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JUNE  22,  1888. — Eeferred  to  the  Committee  on  War  Claims  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 
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UNITED  STATES  COURT  OF  CLAIMS. 

?  SUSAN  S.  EYLER,  ADMINISTRATRIX  OF  ") 

Andrew  J.  Eyler,  I  Cougressional  case  No<  263. 

is. 

THE  UNITED  STATES.  3 

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CLERK'S  OFFICE, 
Washington,  June  L'O,  1888. 

SIR  :  Pursuant  to  the  order  of  the  court  I  transmit  herewith  a  certi- 
fied copy  of  the  findings  of  fact  filed  by  the  court  May  21,  1888,  in  the 
""  aforesaid  cause,  which  case  was  referred  to  this  court  by  the  Committee 
on  War  Claims,  House  of  Representatives,  under  the  act  of  March 
3, 1883. 

I  am,  very  respectfully,  yours,  etc., 

JOHN  RANDOLPH, 
Assistant  Clerk  Court  of  Claims. 

Hon.  JOHN  G.  CARLISLE, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 


[Bowman  act— facts  and  loyalty.    Court  of  Claims.    Congressional  case  No.  263.    Susan  S.  Eyler,  ad- 
ministratrix  of  Andrew  J.  Eyler,  vs.  The  United  States.] 

FINDINGS    OF   FACT. 

The  claim  in  the  above-entitled  ease  for  supplies  or  stores,  alleged  to  ha^e  been  taken 
by,  or  furnished  to  the  military  forces  of  the  United  States  for  their  use  during  the  late 
war  for  the  suppression  of  the  rebellion,  was  transmitted  to  the  court  by  the  Committee 
on  War  Claims  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Messrs.  Charles  and  William  B.  King  appeared  for  claimant,  and  the  Attorney-Gen- 
eral, by  Felix  Braunigan,  esq.,  his  assistant,  and  under  his  direction,  appeared  for  the 
defense  and  protection  ot  the  interests  of  the  United  St 

On  a  preliminary  inquiry  the  court,  on  the  14th  day  of  December,  1685,  found  that    ^        ^ 
the  person  alleged  to  have  furnished  the  supplies  or  stores,  or  from  whom  they  were      (jf    K 
alleged  to  have  been  taken,  was  loyal  to  the  Government  of  the  United  States  through 
out  said  war. 

This  case  was  brought  to  a  hearing  on  its  merits  on  the  2d  day  of  April,  1888. 


2  SUSAN    S.    EYLER 

Claimant  alleges  that  there  was  taken  from  her  intestate,  from  his  farm  in  Mary- 
land, during  the  months  of  June  and  July,  1863,  by  the  United  States  Army,  the  fol- 
lowing property  of  the  following  values,  which  was  used  for  army  purposes,  to  wit: 

5  horses..     ^65.00 

540£  bushels  wheat,  at  $1-50 810. 2o 

8  tons  of  hay,  at  $15  per  toil 120.00 

50  bushels  corn,  at  §1  per  bushel 50.00 

1  jack-screw 7-°° 

anew  collars,  at  §2. 25 4-50 

2  bridles,  at  $1.  50 3.00 

2  saddles,  at  $6 1^00 

Total 1,661.75 

The  court  upon  the  evidence,  and  after  considering  the  briefs  and  arguments  of 
counsel  on  both  sides,  find  the  facts  to  be  as  follows: 

That  of  the  above-described  property  there  were  taken  from  claimant's  intestate 
and  used  as  alleged  stores  and  supplies  of  the  value  of  $520,  for  which  no  payment  has 
been  made. 

BY  THE  COURT. 

Filed  May  21,  1888. 

A  true  copy. 

Test,  this  20th  day  of  June,  A.  D,  1888. 

[SEAL.]  JOHN  RANDOLPH, 

Assistant  Clerk  Court  of  Claims. 


[In  the  Court  of  Claims.    December  term,  1884.    Susan  S.  Eyler,  administratrix  of  Andrew  J.  Eyler 
»*.  The  United  States.     Congressional,  No.  263.] 

PETITION. 
[Filed  April  30,  1885.— J.  R.] 

To  the  Court  of  Claims : 
Your  petitioner  respectfully  represents: 

(1)  That  she  is  a  resident  of  the  State  of  Maryland,  and  is  administratix  of  Andrew 
J.  Eyler,  deceased,  who  during  the  late  war  resided  in  said  State;  that  said  Andrew 
J.  Eyler  did  not  give  any  aid  or  comfort  to  the  late  rebellion,  but  was  throughout 
that  war  loyal  to  the  United  States. 

(2)  That  during  the  months  of  June  and  July,  1868,  a  large  amount  of  property  was 
taken  from  said  Andrew  J.  Eyler  by  the  U.  S.  Army  and  used  for  army  purposes, 
amounting  to  the  value  of  $1,661.75,  and  stated  more  in  detail  as  follows  : 

5  horses * $655.  00 

540£  bushels  wheat,  at$l.50 810.25 

Itong  of  hay,  at  $15  per  ton 120.00 

80  bushels  corn,  at  $1  per  bushel 50.  00 

5  jack-screw 7. 00 

2  new  collars,  at  $2.25 4.50 

2  bridles,  at  $1.50 3.00 

2  saddles,  at  $6 12.00 


Total 1.661.75 

That  payment  has  never  boon  made  for  said  property,  although  three  other  horses 
taken  by  the  II.  S.  Army  hav<-  been  paid  for. 

(3)  That  the  said  claim  has  been  presented  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  U.  S. 
Army,  under  the  act  of  Congress  approved  July  4,  1864,  but  that  said  claim  was 
DOt allowed;  that  a  petition  praying  payment  of  said  claim  was  presented  to  the 
House  of  Representatives  during  these  cond  session  of  the  Forty-eighth  Congress,  and 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  War  Claims  of  said  House;  that  said  petition  was  trans- 
mitted by  said  committee  to  this  court  for  a  finding  of  the  facts,  according  to  the 
provisions  of  the  act  approved  March  :'>,  1--W,  and  your  petitioner  claims  $1,001  75, 
and  prays  for  a  finding'of  the  facta  in  accordance  with  said  act. 

CHAULKS  AND  WILLIAM  B.  KING, 

Attorneys  for  Claimant. 


SUSAN    S.    EYLER.  3 

STATE  OF  MARYLAND,  County  of  Washington,  ss : 

Susan  S.  Eyler,  being  duly  sworn,  deposes  anc1  says:  I  am  the  claimant  in  this 
case  ;  I  have  read  the  foregoing  petition,  and  the  facts  therein  stated  are  true  to  the 
best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

SUSAN  S.  EYLER, 
Administratrix  of  Andrew  J.  JEyler,  deceased. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me,  this  27th  day  'of  April,  1885. 

[SEAL.]  GEO.  B.  OSWALD, 

Clerk  Circuit  Court  for  Washington  County,  Maryland. 


